r/technology • u/esporx • 1d ago
Business Texas sued after glitch delays almost 600,000 voter registrations
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/15/texas-glitch-delay-voter-registrations963
u/HighClassProletariat 1d ago
Oh no, our system glitched, it definitely wasn't by design! Fuck this shitty state government I hate it here.
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u/TrumpetOfDeath 1d ago
Kind of like how in GA they “accidentally” deleted the 2016 election results as well as the backups when they were under a court order to preserve it as evidence
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u/PLeuralNasticity 1d ago
Same thing they did with USPS in the last election and it will be worse this time, though Im not sure if their plan includes keeping the House
USPS was how they rigged every swing state. Every single one is all mail or no excuse absentee. They did so much in conjunction with their weaponization of the USPS under Dejoy to facilitate this. If you want somewhere to start diving down the rabbit hole, I'd recommend reading through Dejoys page and these links.
Looking at the processing/counting policies in various states as well as when they were changed through the lens of how they would enable the creation of the fictional results we were presented, assuming a kompromised USPS, may make it start to jump out at you.
Every swing state but Nevada required mail ballots to be received by Election day, meaning Dejoys USPS can delay delivery of mailing the ballots out and back to ensure those they dont want counted are too late. Nevada was the only swing state that was all-mail and mailed every "active" registered voter a ballot after implementing it permanently post pandemic in 2022. They required postmark by election and receipt within 4 days so delay would be slightly harder but far outweighed by the new opportunities for fraud on a large scale with the USPS created by the change in election structure.
State signature cure processes reveal another part of the process both in whether they require notification through a method other than the USPS and how long they give voters to correct any issues. Other aspects can be seen in the timing of when states allow processing/counting of MiB to begin or even when they allow them to be sent out.
FSBelon played a large part in multiple ways. The signatures/data from registered voters for fraudulent ballots to add/replace ballots for them, likely including many who did not vote then or ever before that only registered to collect the money. This also provided great cover for the massive amount of fraudulent voter registrations for other non voters that didnt sign the petition or register, remaining unaware a vote for Trump was cast in their name. This worked in all worked in tandem with Starlink in areas it was being used for Voter Checkin to see who they could add ballots for.
https://ballotpedia.org/When_states_can_begin_processing_and_counting_absentee/mail-in_ballots,_2024
https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/table-15-states-with-signature-cure-processes
https://www.vote.org/absentee-ballot-deadlines
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_DeJoy
"DeJoy was criticized for cost-reduction policies enacted after assuming office in June 2020, including eliminating overtime, and banning late or additional trips to deliver mail. The Postal Service also continued responding to long-term declines in first class mail volume with ongoing decommissioning of hundreds of high-speed mail-sorting machines and removal of the lower-volume mail collection boxes from streets. These practices were also criticized as mail delivery became delayed. The changes took place during the COVID-19 pandemic and in the lead-up to the 2020 presidential election, raising fears that the changes would interfere with voters who used mail-in voting to cast their ballots, possibly intentionally. Congressional committees and the USPS inspector general investigated. In August of that year, amid public pressure, DeJoy said that the changes would be suspended until after the election,[4] and in October the USPS agreed to reverse all of them.[5]"
"On August 7, 2020, DeJoy announced he had reassigned or displaced 23 senior USPS officials, including the two top executives overseeing day-to-day operations.[56][50] He said he was trying to breathe new life into a "broken business model".[57] Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, who chairs the House committee that oversees the USPS, said the reorganization was "deliberate sabotage".[50] In a letter to postal workers on August 13, 2020, DeJoy confirmed reports of delays in mail delivery, calling them "unintended consequences" of changes that eventually would improve service.[58] At the same time that he was taking measures that postal workers and union officials said were slowing down mail delivery, President Trump told a TV interviewer that he himself was blocking funds for the postal service in order to hinder mail-in voting.[59]"
"After congressional protests, the USPS inspector general began a review of DeJoy's policy changes.[43] On August 18, 2020, DeJoy announced that the Postal Service would suspend cost-cutting and other operational changes until after the 2020 election.[60] He said that equipment that had already been removed would not be restored.[61][62] Documents obtained by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington indicated that DeJoy lied under oath when he testified to Congress on August 24 that he did not order the restrictions on overtime.[63] At this congressional testimony DeJoy admitted that he was unaware of the cost of mailing a postcard or a smaller greeting card, the starting rate for US Priority Mail, or how many Americans voted by mail in the 2016 elections.[64]"
Beware Leon's Razor
"Incomeptence, in the limit, is indistinguishable from sabotage
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u/Bored2001 22h ago
Texas is has been actually purple for a decade. It's bullshit voter suppression that keeps it red.
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u/murdermostsnaky 1d ago
Charge voter disenfranchisement the same as voter fraud. It's the same crime. 600,000 counts of voter fraud if it's determined to be deliberate.
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u/nobody1701d 1d ago
Sure seems like someone would have noticed that no registrations from DPS occurred for an entire year, no?
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u/PianoTrumpetMax 17h ago
Typical 5 day work week means that’s about ~2300 registrations to process a day. I’m sure the small team that would be had to handle that surely were like “sweet a year off I guess. What a slow year it’s been! Literally went from hundreds of tickets a day to zero for a year. My job rules!”
Like, it’s so blatantly corruption.
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u/BigTomBombadil 14h ago
5 months, but still completely inexcusable for it to go unnoticed or unactioned in that timeframe. So inexcusable that malice seems more likely.
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u/drekmonger 21h ago edited 10h ago
Guess who would be in charge of charging anyone in Texas.
It's Ken Paxton.
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u/Chrono_Convoy 1d ago
Legal system doesn’t work fast enough
This is the end of democracy if you let it be
So if this doesn’t affect you
Go fucking vote
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u/Isakk86 17h ago
We have this insane problem in the US where we seem to not be able to enforce any laws that aren't traffic violations, without someone suing.
There can't just be an obviously illegal thing happening and it stopped. Every case is treated like it's the first time it's ever happened.
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u/acrimonious_howard 1d ago
And volunteer
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u/misterHaderach 23h ago
I signed up to be an election judge in my city. Anybody that: 1) Speaks English 2) is registered to vote 3) lives in the area
can do it too!
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u/SkipioZor 1d ago
Let me guess all of them registered democrats. I would put money down that the order came from the top. Kinda makes you wonder why the administration kept asking for voter rolls, they wanted to know who to glitch out.
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u/Li_liminal_spaces 22h ago edited 22h ago
These are new voters, once you are registered to vote unless you're purged from the voter rolls, which I dunno the article is paywalled.
They're sending suspicious lists of voter to states to verify which means they know who is voting. All of their accused "illegal" voters have been real voters so far.
They know who legal voters are, could easily just register them to vote, that would hurt the "Republican" party. They are the "Republican" party because no party that calls themselves a Republican party wants a god, king, emperor.
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u/mollophi 18h ago
unless you're purged from the voter rolls
And exactly that happened, in Texas, earlier this year as well.
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u/r6fordays 16h ago
These are not just new voters. If you moved and had to change county, that change is stuck in this pile as well. I moved from collin to denton county and I just get told I have no registration despite being registered before submitting my change.
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u/Master_Mad 19h ago
It's still a very weird concept for me as non-US person that you have to register for a party before actually voting. In my country they just send you a call up voting card which you take to the voting station and use to vote anonymously.
And everyone over 18 gets send the voting card to their registered home address.
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u/mainman879 18h ago
It's still a very weird concept for me as non-US person that you have to register for a party before actually voting.
You don't have to. Anyone is allowed to register as independent and still vote in the actual elections. However some states do restrict voting in Primaries (elections to choose the parties candidate) to just registered voters of that party.
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u/jurgy94 18h ago
But why do you have to register in the first place?
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u/mainman879 18h ago
Part of it is a lack of good records tracking people in the USA. So to keep elections fair, you are required to register with your local county, and this ensures that you are not voting in places you shouldn't be (which is a federal crime).
Part of it is just "how its always been" and the country as a whole is pretty resistant to change, especially when it comes to our political system.
Part of it is intentional, and meant as a form of voter suppression.
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u/AbeFromanEast 1d ago
Glitch, ha! This is deliberate. The GOP/MAGA is trying to stop new voter registrations from making their midterm election even worse.
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u/apoca1ypse12 23h ago
republicans...the only way they can win is by cheating because their policies actively work against the working class. pieces of shit!
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u/PigglyWigglyDeluxe 15h ago
When we say that trump stole the election, this is precisely what we mean by it.
This is the voter fraud that the right has been doing that rigs elections.
Voting is a civil right for us all. This level of civil rights violation should be met with our 2A rights as well, but those people are awfully quiet, aren’t they.
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u/Jutboy 15h ago
Really just one tactic of many. Electoral college is heavily skewed towards Republicans. Restricted access to voting locations. Gerrymandering. Foreign interference. One of the most advanced proganda/misinformation systems ever created....we literally had a billionaire giving away money to people that voted for Trump. The entire system is fucked.
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u/Synthetic451 1d ago
Speaking as a recent Californian that moved to Texas, the voter registration process is much crazier and harder to navigate here. My most recent voter registration took half a year before it showed as valid in the online systems. I honestly thought I was going to miss the midterms because it just would not update.
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u/Professor0fLogic 1d ago
Unfortunately, that's by design.
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u/footpole 21h ago
Meanwhile in my country you just go vote. There's no registration. This all seems so difficult on purpose.
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u/Determined420 21h ago
It is. In California every voter gets mailed a ballot. I dropped mine off at the election office a couple days ago. I filled it out at home while sipping my coffee
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u/stockybloke 19h ago
In Norway I dont do anything, elections are 9th of September or thereabout every other year and we get a voting ballot in the mail end of summer around 3 weeks before the elections when the pre-voting open. You can show up anywhere in the country and register your vote in this period. I think on election day you need to vote in your designated area, but the voting ballot is optional. You can ignore it and just show up with a valid identification card, it just helps them locate you in their list when you do vote.
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u/d4nkst4hz 1d ago
Similar situation, just relocated and found out they don’t allow registrations within 30 days of elections. Wtffff and no online reg. What an ass backwards state and of course it’s by design…
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u/letthewookywin 23h ago
I don’tg get why you even need to register to vote in the US. In every other countries in the world you’re eligible to vote automatically if you’re an adult citizen. You just show up and vote on the day of election, in the disctrict you live. It looks like the system was created to intentionally keep citizens away from voting.
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u/throwawayfinancebro1 22h ago
The reason is that states administer elections and many republicans states work very hard to rig elections
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u/Prestigious_Use_1305 20h ago
Its actually insane that for the presidental, senate and congress elections there isnt one unified set if rules and one single independent authority that deals with it. One single national register that eveyone can update their address on to vote in their own district.
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u/mollophi 18h ago
Ironically, this is what the administration is trying to do, expressly for the purpose of rigging votes under the guise of election security. They want a single register so they know exactly whose votes to throw out.
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u/bbbbbbbbbblah 20h ago edited 20h ago
Not all countries. The UK doesn't have automatic registration because we don't have a database of who lives where (in fact the electoral roll stands in for that purpose), and you can't use other databases as a reference since you are allowed to be registered at multiple addresses.
However, registration is very easy so it's not considered a big deal. Took me 5 minutes when I moved and 2 minutes each year to confirm that I still live here
IMO the actual key difference in the US is that elected officials handle the day to day elections administration. Over here it's run by civil servants whose personal politics aren't reflected in their work
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u/ArgusTheCat 22h ago
Learning that "just make sure to fill out the form and then they send you the proper ballot every election" wasn't the bare minimum fucking standard for the whole country was kind of the moment when I was younger that I realized that we don't really live in a democracy.
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u/Woodshadow 22h ago
I'm always so confused by these. I don't really recall registering to vote. I think it was something I did at 18. Every year no matter when I live a ballot just shows up at my mailbox I fill it out. I put it in the mailbox the next day and voting is done. why is this so complicated everywhere else in the country?
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u/Formal-Plantain-5352 19h ago
I live in rural Iowa and have for well over a decade. Every single election I have to re-register the day of elections because Im not registered to vote. Every time I go to the courthouse (a couple times a year) I register to vote. When I show up to vote I am not registered. Ever.
Thankfully, my job allows us to take the day off to vote on major elections, but it still takes what could be a 2 minute evolution and turns it into hour(s) long drag just to fill in a bubble in a place that Ive lived most of my adult life.
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u/sunnyoneaz 15h ago
Get in touch with Truthout, ProPublica or 404 media to see whether they will investigate and report.
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u/Powerful_Company_682 15h ago
do you vote blue? it's why voting meta data about a person should be illegal because, mainly republicans, politicians use them to purge voter rolls
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u/idksomuch 22h ago
Voter suppression. Republicans don't like it when voters, especially Dem-leaning voters, have easy access to voting places or can easily vote by mail. Then they try to illegitimize mail-in voting by falsely claiming fraud.
I also got my mail in ballot last week here in CA. I dropped it off at a drop box on Monday, and I checked yesterday morning that it has been accepted already. Ezpz but that's because our state actually wants voters to vote.
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u/pm-me-kittens-n-cats 18h ago
To make it more difficult to vote. It's intentional. If you have to jump through hoops in order to vote, maybe you are too busy or you have other challenges that means that you just opt not to.
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u/Ashamed-Status-9668 17h ago
Yup. If you are older you likely are already registered so these hoops hit younger people which vote at higher rates for Democrats. All by design.
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u/WhatsAboveTheSubtext 20h ago
They are spiraling in a panic right now that they're going to lose a Senate seat and possible the governor's as well, and a whole bunch of down-ballot races all over the state. The AG is quite probably the most corrupt politician working in the U.S. that we know about. If ever there were a time to suspect foul play behind any "glitches" concerning voting in Texas, this is it.
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u/Upbeat_Parking_7794 21h ago
That is what is done in my country. If I change address, I change it online on my ID, and voter registration is updated.
But we have national IDs.
To vote we take the IDs with us and show at the voting table. Where representatives of multiple parties are present.
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u/Morbid_Aversion 19h ago
Because acting like things that the rest of the world figured out decades ago are impossible tasks that cannot be solved is America's favorite pastime.
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u/muffinhead2580 14h ago
It's not confusing. You don't need to register unless you aren't registered. I've moved a lot in my life, one of the first things my wife and I do is register to vote because we are at the SoS office to get our new drivers license. Once it's done, it's done. Though I do check my registration to make sure there isn't any shady business going on.
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u/rg2004 20h ago
At some point you're going to have to pull out the proverbial pitch forks. These people will only respond if you physically show up in overwhelming numbers. Go demonstrate at their houses.
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u/Ok-Seaworthiness7207 16h ago
Reminder that Kansas citizens brought guillotines to their town hall this year. And local government decided stopping in person town hall meetings was the solution.
Dissent is the only answer for actual change.
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u/Leoszite 18h ago
You need to realize, while you're right, you're asking people heavily propagandized to not risk their lively hoods. One missed day and bam your fired on the brink of homelessness. Remember statistically most Americans are about a check or two from being economically devastated. People need to join an organization (I recommend DSA) who can help support during the hard times.
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u/Piyaniist 19h ago
These are the people supposedly ready to overthrow a tyranny
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u/SetoKeating 1d ago
I’m pretty sure I’m part of this glitch. I wasn’t an newly registered voter but I went on DPS site to update address on my license due to a move and hit the button like I always do regarding also updating my voter registration.
Never went through and my voter registration status was in suspense as of a couple of weeks ago. I went to check it to make sure all was good before early voting.
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u/LibertyPrime2016 1d ago
Same thing happened to me and my parents after recent moves. We had to file new voter registration forms three different times because they kept not updating. Bullshit all around.
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u/aaa_user_55 1d ago
a 'glitch' impacting nearly 600,000 registrations right before an election is a massive systemic failure, not just a technical hicqup. Transparency and immediate extensions are the absolute bare minimum response needed here
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u/ArnoldTheSchwartz 14h ago
Republicans do not want Americans voting anymore. They have full control, have done some awful shit that should land a lot of them in prison, and made a lot of money. Americans regaining control of their government now spells the end for so many Republicans. They can't have that so they're doubling down.
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u/DidIJustWitnessThat 1d ago
The cure to this is to vote so overwhelming in one direction that the provisional ballots aren't needed.
If it's a blue blowout, then those 600,000 provisional ballots wouldn't be needed or counted.
Just go vote. It's the only thing that will change this.
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u/binzersguy 19h ago
Republicans CANNOT win on policy. This is why the only proven voter fraud is perpetrated by them again and again and again. They will do anything they can to rob you of your right to vote.
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u/SortovaGoldfish 23h ago
Let this be an indicator because Texas is considered a very clear and obvious Red State, even with the typical, historically blue cities and that's who they are interfering with.
Please anyone who can, go vote. Go put in your vote. Go make real what they're afraid of.
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u/EbonySaints 1d ago
Yeah, I noticed when my updated voter registration hasn't appeared despite me going early to insure nothing happened.
Fuck Abbott and fuck Paxton.
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u/Efficient-Prompt1888 22h ago
it's so frustrating that we can't have a fair election. It keeps going on and it seems like there isn't anything we can do about it. Why isn't something being done?
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u/owen__wilsons__nose 19h ago
Because money finally corrupted the system built on capitalism. And the capitalists consolidated power via technology, created monopolies and conflicts of interest. Then they decided blatant corruption was good for the bottom line. And it was so
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u/WaffleHouseGladiator 1d ago
Dang it! They all fell into the desktop recycle bin. Oh well, nothing we can do about it. Maybe we can try again after elections.
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u/iamasuitama 17h ago
Can someone explain why in the bastion of democracy that is the US, you can't just be registered in the first place? Why do you need to ask for it? Why do you need to tell them what party you "belong to" before you vote? Why does that affiliation need to be public information?
Just asking questions
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u/Conscious-Quarter423 15h ago
cause republicans don't want you to vote
they rather cheat to win than put up an agenda that works for all americans
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u/Professional-Part857 15h ago
Just on the party question, you are only able to vote in the primary election for the candidate of your party. So if there are three Democrats running for governor, I’m going to pick my favorite as a registered Democrat. The most popular will run as the Democrat candidate in the general election. I can’t influence the candidate for the republican nominee. I’m a registered independent in my state, so I can pick which party I will vote for in the primary.
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u/CommercialHour6660 1d ago
How the fuck does a "glitch" stop an entire year worth of voter registrations????
No more "decorum" Democrats. Throw these criminals in prison
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u/TAU_equals_2PI 1d ago edited 1d ago
I wish people would stop telling Democrats to do something, when they haven't been given the authority to do anything. Do y'all just expect them to saunter into a nearby phone booth and emerge wearing a cape as DemocroMan?
The federal government: Republican President, Republican Attorney General, Republican Senate, Republican House of Representatives, Republican Supreme Court.
Texas: Republican Governor, Republican Attorney General, Republican legislature. Not a single Democrat in ANY statewide elected office.
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u/Wanted_Solicitation 1d ago
It’s honestly embarrassing how weak and cowardly America has become.
Just letting them take your country, betray your allies and run amok without doing a thing.
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u/Adventurous_Salt 23h ago
Republicans can somehow control everything with a minority, but dems can't do a thing. The dems could filibuster absolutely everything, have they? No, because they are gutless cowards. Hell, they are still voting on bipartisan bills and approving judges. Why haven't dems used whatever power they do have?
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u/hamandjam 23h ago
Because it's not a glitch. It's ALWAYS been this way. Ever since they've been tasked with doing registrations, this has happened. The underlying issue is that there is absolutely no electronic registration in Texas. So people check the voter registration box on their DPS application and expect it to register them electronically. It doesn't. It generated a paper form that is them forwarded to the appropriate registrar. The so called 'glitch' is that DPS offices just let them sit in the various offices and not get sent off.
I have worked elections in Texas now for 20 years. And have dealt with this 'glitch' throughout the entire time. And have had to tell probably hundreds of people who thought they were regis6throught their DPS application that there were not eligible to vote because their registration has not been processed. And I always tell anyone I can to not trust the DPS process and to process their registration separately from their ID application.
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u/Kamay1770 12h ago
The Republicans want you to not vote. Ever. They know they suck and they think you're dumb.
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u/CompetitiveReview416 1d ago
Will Americans protect their elections this time?
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u/nobody1701d 1d ago
FTFY: Will Americans be able to protect their elections this time?
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u/HijackedMyAccount 19h ago
It isn't a glitch. Everything is done in bad faith. Why is this treated as unintentional? Red hats are attempting to end democracy.
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u/WowIfOnly 16h ago
"WOAH SO WEIRD ONLY EVERY VOTE FOR A DEMOCRAT DISAPPEARED LIKE WE'VE BEEN TELEGRAPHING FOR 2 YEARS STRAIGHT. THIS ISN'T NAZI FASCIST BEHAVIOR AT ALLL"
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u/cr0ft 22h ago
Let me guess, the delay was 99% in areas where there are Democratic party voters, for some inexplicable reason?
This is why America's voting system is generally cursed. This kind of horseshit should not be possible, and the way you make sure it's not is by having paper voting, well designed, well executed, with all the interested parties jointly watching all the ballot boxes like hawks to ensure no tampering is easily possible.
Does it take days longer to count the vote with a lot of manual labor? Yes. You'd think it was worth it, what with it only deciding everything that the nation will do for years to come.
If you have sequences where you have to trust either people or machines, you 100% no longer have a functional democracy.
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u/TheBlockChainVillage 21h ago
The USA is actively helping right wing regimes across the world with voter suppression tech and best practices.
Most politicians called for ACYPL boot camps (American Council for Young Political Leaders) end up with voter manipulation or suppression charges in their countries.
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u/Nanoo_1972 17h ago
Just an FYI, Oklahoma's deadline to register for midterms was October 7th. The online voter portal was down most of the day October 7th...
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u/WontArnett 22h ago
It’s funny how these kinds of glitches never happen until republicans are scared of losing an election
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u/Practical-Library658 20h ago
“Glitch” sure seems like a catch all these days for tampering with voting.
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u/LuferLad 8h ago
Mandatory Automatic voter registration should be required by every state. It’s insane that it isn’t.
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u/retiredfromfire 17h ago
Just doing the bidding of our oligarch overlords. Texass, its a third world country.
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u/MisterSlosh 13h ago
Ah, yes... A "GLITCH causing more than half a million citizens to potentially lose the rights of their voice in the ONE way it matters to the government.
Fuck. Go vote.
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u/StallionSurprise 19h ago
This is why Texas is lost.
Aint no democrat ever winning there again.
Downvote all you want. Your state is an embarrassment to the United States.
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u/VGAddict 16h ago
So we should just give up? MILLIONS of blue voters, POC and LGBTQ+ people live in Texas, and fight every day for the rights you blue staters take for granted.
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u/Tommy__want__wingy 15h ago
They didn’t say to give up.
Prove the country wrong, overcome the suppression.
If you have millions within that demographic, then do something about it.
Register EARLY. Don’t wait til this shit happens.
And actually vote. Not you. I’m talking about the people that don’t vote.
Texas can theoretically flip. But it hasn’t.
And suppression isn’t the ONLY reason. It’s a big one, don’t get me wrong, but Texas turn out numbers NEED to increase even more this election.
That can only be done if people actually put the work in.
If Talarico wins, that’s at the very least a good sign.
If Republicans take the races, then it still says more about turnout than suppression.
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u/Conscious-Quarter423 15h ago
"If Talarico wins, that’s at the very least a good sign"
there are most races than just the talarico race
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u/gokunoitis 15h ago
Tired of these right-wing bot comments trying to add fuel to the culture war. Shit comments like this are curated to be so pessimistic and spirit-breaking. Don’t listen to anybody trying to make voting feel futile, that’s exactly what these fucking fascists want
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u/Ziferius 1d ago
Last I read about this, provisional ballots are only counted if an election needs it. IE; a race is so close that they gotta get at them.
Then a judge has to deem they are legitimate votes.
My understanding; most times they are not opened.
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u/BirthdayFull8675 23h ago
Don’t worry I’m sure there’s a department that’ll get back to you in 6 weeks
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u/n0neOfConsequence 15h ago
It’s not a glitch, it’s a feature of a system designed to keep conservatives in power.
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u/randomcanyon 13h ago
I would like the statistics of which party will benefit from this "glitch".
Skin tone and party affiliation please.
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u/After_Resource5224 10h ago
I'm one of those voters. Texas is so god damn Gerrymandered and even THAT isn't gonna do the trick, so they purged 1.5 million voters. I sent in a registration for good measure a MONTH ago.
Everybody needs to turn out, please, because some of us may not be able to. This is active election tampering, and it's fucking everywhere.
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u/Mustang_Calhoun70 22h ago
They’ve been in power here for 30 years. No one else to blame for this kind of bs.
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u/WobblyFrisbee 21h ago
Hawaii does a great job. I have voted by mail for years. First, I get a card in the mail very early, to confirm my registration information. Next, I get an email to confirm a ballot was mailed to me. Next, after they receive my ballot, they send another email to confirm that the ballot was received. I like that.
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u/x33storm 21h ago
Insane you gotta register to vote in that country. Just seems like one of many extra steps to "democracy".
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u/SharpBullfrog1279 19h ago
Every TX Dem needs to verify their eligibility online before showing up at the polls.
Tons of electoral shenanigans going on right now in my home state.
Retired to North Carolina 13 years ago, and we're two weeks away from tossing out the trash!
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u/Boomboclaaat90210 15h ago
I had to get my registration redone in TX after someone "conveniently" messed up the address I'd filled in on the form. When I inquired about it the person in charge was like "wow that's weird, your apartment # and information is all there"
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u/_Piratical_ 22h ago
Yeah. Thats not a glitch. Thats the system that the GOP designed working properly. I’m going to guess that only democratic strongholds were affected.
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u/free2bk8 23h ago
And this isn't by design? Shocker. Glitch? I call bullshit. I hope prospective voters persist. And make copies and document all of their efforts to register.
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u/berlenba 22h ago
Oooooo 😮. They’re suing! I’m certain people are shaking in their boots. Almost as toothless as impeaching people. Gtfo of here. Show me something tangible to check these fucks for Christ’s sake.
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u/PowerRainbows 17h ago
and so when these 600k get to actually vote, surely itll work just fine and not just get lost? or maybe itll glitch and switch who they voted for
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u/jlredding_91 17h ago
And when are these lawsuits over “glitches” going to go to court? Before the elections?
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u/Morganrow 1d ago
To put this in perspective for non Texans, my entire city has that many people. That's not a glitch